# Vigroids

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{{short description|Liquorice sweet}}
thumb|Nigroids tin container by Ferris & Co. Ltd
'''Vigroids''' (also '''Mighty Imps''', formerly '''Nigroids''') was a brand of [liquorice sweet](/source/Liquorice_(confectionery)). The small black pellets were particularly marketed as an [expectorant lozenge](/source/Cough_medicine) for singers, using the slogan "for clarity of voice". The Nigroids/Vigroids brand was acquired by Ernest Jackson & Company Ltd of [Crediton](/source/Crediton), [Devon](/source/Devon), England, in 1974.<ref name=products>{{cite web | title=Our brands | publisher=Ernest Jackson | url=http://www.ejackson.co.uk/our-brands | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017150733/http://www.ejackson.co.uk/our-brands | archive-date=17 October 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=23 April 2023 }}</ref><ref name=about/> After several changes of ownership, Ernest Jackson became a subsidiary of [Kraft Foods](/source/Kraft_Foods) in 2011, and later of Mondelez International.<ref name=about>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=Ernest Jackson | url=https://www.ejackson.co.uk/aboutus | access-date=23 April 2023 | archive-date=23 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423195210/https://www.ejackson.co.uk/aboutus | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The principal ingredient of Vigroids is [liquorice](/source/liquorice) block juice. The company warns that liquorice can raise blood pressure, and that those with a history of [hypertension](/source/hypertension) should not take too many. They suggest limiting consumption to 10 per day.  No sugar is used. Small quantities of other flavourings such as [menthol](/source/menthol), [eucalyptus](/source/eucalyptus) and [peppermint](/source/peppermint) are added to help the pellets act as a [breath mint](/source/Mints_(candy)).

==History==
thumb|upright|Plastic dispenser containing Nigroids liquorice pellets
Nigroids were invented by Ferris & Co. Ltd., manufacturing chemists of [Bristol](/source/Bristol), England, in 1900. The company promoted them with the slogan:<ref>Source: Manufacturer's packaging, n.d.</ref>

{{blockquote|text=For Hoarseness, "Tickling of the Throat," etc. They afford protection to the Voice, Throat, and Chest, against ill-effects of fog, cold and damp. Invaluable to singers and speakers.}}

Ernest Jackson acquired the brand in 1974. In 2010 the name was changed from "Nigroids" to "Vigroids".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chrystal |first1=Paul |title=The History of Sweets |date=30 June 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword History |isbn=978-1-5267-7888-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RhcuEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

Vigroids/Mighty Imps were listed on the Ernest Jackson Web site until October 2014, but no longer appeared from January 2015.<ref name=products/>

==See also==

* [List of breath mints](/source/List_of_breath_mints)
* [Victory V](/source/Victory_V)
* [Fisherman's Friend](/source/Fisherman's_Friend)
* [Apteekin Salmiakki](/source/Apteekin_Salmiakki)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180723005703/http://www.ejackson.co.uk/our-brands/vigroids-mighty-imps-deleted Archived Vigroids page for manufacturer]

Category:Brand name confectionery
Category:Breath mints
Category:Throat lozenges
Category:Kraft Foods brands
Category:British confectionery
Category:British brands
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Category:Liquorice (confectionery)

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